SAHMAT & the Knowledge Commons presents "Making Culture in New-Tech Times" seminar & exhibition at Main Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 9:30am-5:30pm on 1st September 2012

Time : 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Seminar Halls - I, II & III, Kamaladevi Block, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Details : SAHMAT & the Knowledge Commons presents 'Making Culture in New-Tech Times'.
With the Internet, digitalisation and technological tools becoming part of our lives, the production and reproduction of the “culture” we make has been changing every day. What are the implications for the makers of culture? For consumers of culture? The seminar seeks to address these questions by understanding better what these technologies make possible, as well as their specific uses by practitioners and consumers
Golden Jubilee Series.

Schedule : 
09:30–11:15
Welcome by Dr Kavita A. Sharma
Framing New Technologies and Cultural Practice: Technology in the Arts and Ownership
11:30–13:00
Art in Technology, Technology in Art: The Practitioner’s Perspective
14:00–15:30
New Ways to Reach the Audience
15:45–17:30
Democracies and Mobs: High-tech Fuel for Popular Culture
Speakers in order of presentation: Lawrence Liang, Alok Rai, Prabir Purkayastha, Shohini Ghosh, Githa Hariharan, Niyam Bhushan, Anurupa Roy, Pushpamala N., Maya Krishna Rao, Ram Rahman, Venkatesh Hariharan, Shubha Mudgal, Ravi Sundaram, Prabir Purkayastha, Sadanand Menon, Ranjani Mazumdar, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Madan Gopal Singh, Shoma Chaudhury

Installation By Ranbir Kaleka

Collaboration: SAHMAT and the Knowledge Commons

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